diff --git a/src/App/App.tsx b/src/App/App.tsx
index 49e5f05..6b222d7 100644
--- a/src/App/App.tsx
+++ b/src/App/App.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
+import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
 
 import { emptyStatechart, Statechart } from "../statecharts/abstract_syntax";
 import { handleInputEvent, initialize } from "../statecharts/interpreter";
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ export function App() {
 
   const [time, setTime] = useState<TimeMode>({kind: "paused", simtime: 0});
 
+  const refRightSideBar = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
+
   function onInit() {
     const config = initialize(ast);
     setRT([{inputEvent: null, simtime: 0, ...config}]);
@@ -52,7 +54,18 @@ export function App() {
   function appendNewConfig(inputEvent: string, simtime: number, config: BigStepOutput) {
     setRT([...rt.slice(0, rtIdx!+1), {inputEvent, simtime, ...config}]);
     setRTIdx(rtIdx!+1);
-    console.log('new config:', config);
+    // console.log('new config:', config);
+    if (refRightSideBar.current) {
+      
+      const el = refRightSideBar.current;
+      // console.log('scrolling to', el.scrollHeight);
+      console.log('scrolling to:', el);
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        el.scrollIntoView({block: "end", behavior: "smooth"});
+      }, 100);
+      
+      // el.scrollTo(0, el.scrollHeight+1000);
+    }
   }
 
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -125,7 +138,9 @@ export function App() {
         }}>
           <ShowAST {...{...ast, rt: rt.at(rtIdx!)}}/>
           <br/>
-          <RTHistory {...{ast, rt, rtIdx, setTime, setRTIdx}}/>
+          <div ref={refRightSideBar}>
+          <RTHistory {...{ast, rt, rtIdx, setTime, setRTIdx, refRightSideBar}}/>
+          </div>
         </Box>
     </Stack>
     <Box>
diff --git a/src/VisualEditor/VisualEditor.css b/src/VisualEditor/VisualEditor.css
index ca8ce80..0e38881 100644
--- a/src/VisualEditor/VisualEditor.css
+++ b/src/VisualEditor/VisualEditor.css
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 }
 
 .svgCanvas.active {
-  background-color: rgb(255, 140, 0, 0.2);
+  /* background-color: rgb(255, 140, 0, 0.2); */
 }
 
 .svgCanvas text {
@@ -42,9 +42,12 @@
   stroke: rgb(230,0,0);
 }
 .rountangle.active {
-  fill: darkorange;
-  fill-opacity: 0.2;
-  stroke-width: 3px;
+  /* fill: rgb(255, 140, 0); */
+  /* fill-opacity: 0.2; */
+  /* stroke: rgb(100, 149, 237); */
+  /* stroke:  */
+  filter: drop-shadow( 0px 0px 6px rgba(0, 150, 255, 0.8));
+  /* stroke-width: 3px; */
 }
 
 .selected:hover:not(:active) {
diff --git a/src/statecharts/interpreter.ts b/src/statecharts/interpreter.ts
index 23f59a5..e52ca4b 100644
--- a/src/statecharts/interpreter.ts
+++ b/src/statecharts/interpreter.ts
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ export function enterDefault(simtime: number, state: ConcreteState, rt: ActionSc
       ({enteredStates: enteredChildren, ...actionScope} = enterDefault(simtime, state.initial[0][1], actionScope));
       enteredStates = enteredStates.union(enteredChildren);
     }
-    console.warn(state.uid + ': no initial state');
+    // console.warn(state.uid + ': no initial state');
   }
 
   return {enteredStates, ...actionScope};
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ export function fireSecondHalfOfTransition(simtime: number, t: Transition, ts: M
         }
       }
     }
-    throw new Error("stuck in pseudo-state!!")
+    throw new Error("stuck in pseudo-state!!");
   }
   else {
     const tgtPath = computePath({ancestor: arena, descendant: t.tgt});